Posts by John Papadopoulos:

No Man’s Sky RayRoD’s Overhaul restores cut content from E3 presentations, overhauls graphics

Posted on: 23 Dec 2017

When No Man’s Sky got released last year, a lot of players were disappointed as the final version lacked many features that were showcased during its E3 presentations. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that a modder has decided to restore the content that was cut from the game’s E3 demonstrations.

Contra 2028 is a free Unreal Engine 4 third-person shooter that mixes together Contra and Vanquish

Posted on: 23 Dec 2017

Now here is something really interesting. A team of students has created a new shooter in Unreal Engine 4 that blends together Contra and Vanquish. This team of 8 students was given 8 weeks in order to design and produce a reboot from a NES game, and Contra 2028 is the result of their work.

NVIDIA will stop supporting 32-bit operating systems after its GeForce 390 drivers

Posted on: 23 Dec 2017

NVIDIA has announced that it will end support for 32 bit operating systems really soon. After its upcoming GeForce 390 drivers, the green team will no longer support 32-bit operating systems. This includes Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Linux and FreeBSD.

Squadron 42 – Pre-alpha gameplay footage surfaces, shows incredible lip-syncing and gorgeous visuals

Posted on: 23 Dec 2017

During its Holiday Special 2017 event, Cloud Imperium has finally showcased the single-player part of Star Citizen, Squadron 42. As always, do note that this gameplay footage is from a pre-alpha WIP build and does not represent the quality of the final product.

Bandai Namco releases new gameplay trailers for SoulCalibur VI, Dragon Ball FighterZ & Ni no Kuni 2

Posted on: 22 Dec 2017

Bandai Namco has released some new gameplay trailers for SoulCalibur VI, Dragon Ball FighterZ and Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. The new trailer for SoulCalibur VI introduces players to Sophitia as Okubo-san, the game’s producer, is detailing her combat techniques.

New ELEX patch adds new Difficulty settings, new anti-aliasing methods and improves graphics

Posted on: 22 Dec 2017

Piranha Bytes has released a brand new patch for its latest action RPG, ELEX. According to the release notes, patch 1.0.2946.0 adds new Difficulty settings, new anti-aliasing techniques, improves weather and lighting, and resolves some Quest bugs.

New gameplay video for the Sonic-inspired platformer, Freedom Planet 2, looks retro-amazing

Posted on: 22 Dec 2017

GalaxyTrail has released a new gameplay video for its upcoming Sonic-inspired platformer, Freedom Planet 2. This video showcases the game’s latest Sample build and some of the new features it packs. And it looks absolutely retro-gorgeous.

Photogrammetry comes to Skyrim thanks to this 4K/2K texture mod

Posted on: 22 Dec 2017

As we’ve already stated, Photogrammetry is a technique that can benefit a lot of video-games. And since Skyrim is an open-world RPG featuring lots of objects with different textures, we are almost certain that it would look better with this technique. Thankfully, we can now take a look at such a thing as modders ‘lucidstorm1’ … Continue reading Photogrammetry comes to Skyrim thanks to this 4K/2K texture mod →

The Closed Alpha phase for Crytek’s HUNT: Showdown begins in January 2018

Posted on: 22 Dec 2017

Crytek has announced that the closed alpha phase for its upcoming competitive first-person game, Hunt: Showdown, will begin in January 2018. In addition, the team has opened up the registrations for this closed alpha testing.

Warhammer Vermintide has sold two million copies on all platforms

Posted on: 22 Dec 2017

In an interview with PCGamesN, Fatshark revealed that the first Warhammer Vermintide game has sold over two million copies worldwide. According to Steamspy, the game has 1.3 million players on Steam, which means that the console versions account for the remaining 700K copies.